Comedian Betty White raised spirits -- and some cash -- at her Saturday appearance at Chicago's University Club.

White, 88, was in town hosting a fundraiser for Bravehearts, a therapeutic horse-riding center in Harvard.

During her sit-down with reporters at the event, White talked about her lifelong love of animals, as well as her fantastically varied career in show business -- including what it was like to be the "neighborhood nymphomaniac," Sue Ann Nivens, on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.